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![Derrick William Ovenall (QM 1942-49)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60009c9112727a78e1616c22/1626190885173-IW29OX3O8HD5XFBEA630/105404_closeup.jpeg)
Derrick William Ovenall (QM 1942-49)
Wilmington, DE - Derick William Ovenall, died on December 26, 2017, after a long illness.
![Geoffrey Whitham Hartley (QM 1942-51)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60009c9112727a78e1616c22/1626191301157-OBCN1TSDSJ3CSOZWI424/4fa5.jpeg)
Geoffrey Whitham Hartley (QM 1942-51)
He always remembered his schooldays and school chums with great affection.
![Jim William Fitton (QM 1943-50)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60009c9112727a78e1616c22/1626191674352-MBH16KEXTMVFKRPZRGNA/2d68.jpeg)
Jim William Fitton (QM 1943-50)
Jim Fitton was born in Aldridge on 16th April 1933 and joined the Grammar School in 1943.
![Brian Boothroyd (QM 1954-62)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60009c9112727a78e1616c22/1626191907085-9QCVBZ3IYOOBLV59EKTC/b69f.jpeg)
Brian Boothroyd (QM 1954-62)
The obituary below was sent by Colin Fenton (QM1958-65) whose wife was a colleague during some of that time.
![John Aubrey Akroyd (Staff 1974-92)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60009c9112727a78e1616c22/1626192009535-FBL36HK3EQZGXKKGOQ72/105404_closeup.jpeg)
John Aubrey Akroyd (Staff 1974-92)
It is with sadness that I write about John Akroyd, but it is also a privilege to do so in his memory.
![Douglas F Schumacher Scott (QM 1920 - 27)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60009c9112727a78e1616c22/1623773630007-4N5OTU5MWGP7RY5UWBE2/105404_closeup.jpeg)
Douglas F Schumacher Scott (QM 1920 - 27)
From Newcastle to Walsall to Stuttgart and Durham, and many places in between.
![W. Jim Jackson (QM 1933 - 42)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60009c9112727a78e1616c22/1623774040259-QQIHJRGI2VQ538DKMIYE/de37.jpeg)
W. Jim Jackson (QM 1933 - 42)
We are sad to report the death in May 2017 of Jim Jackson aged 93 years.
![Hugh Bennet Homer (QM 1935-39 and 1943-45)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60009c9112727a78e1616c22/1623833201219-4FS4PESN5COHR3VE3I3D/1d42.jpeg)
Hugh Bennet Homer (QM 1935-39 and 1943-45)
The oldest Marian at the dinner has sadly passed away
![Tony Sutton (QM 1940-49)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60009c9112727a78e1616c22/1623833622240-C5T2B29PR674AWFZ8LGZ/105404_closeup.jpeg)
Tony Sutton (QM 1940-49)
Tony’s Sutton’s wife, Christine, kindly wrote to inform us of Tony’s death, which occurred shortly after their move to Worcester.
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Gordon T Wright (QM 1940-45)
We have received the following notification of the death of Gordon Wright, from his nephew Andrew Craddock (1963-70)
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David A Hill (QM 1963-70)
David Hill died in Budapest in September 2017 after a diagnosis of cancer.
![Jan G Webster (QM 1957 - 65)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60009c9112727a78e1616c22/1623834630739-EQYKZC895KWC2Y9U517Y/3c67.jpeg)
Jan G Webster (QM 1957 - 65)
Jan Webster, who played scrum half for England between 1972 and 1975, died suddenly on Wednesday 6th February after suffering a heart attack.
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Grant Henderson (QM staff 1964 - 86)
Born in 1927, Keith Grant Henderson was appointed to Queen Mary’s Gram- mar School in September 1964 as Head of Engineering.
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Philip G.K. Davies (QM staff 1976-92
Philip Davies joined the staff of Queen Mary’s in September 1976 to teach Modern Languages.